by Rom LaPointe | Feb 7, 2026 | Creativity, Leadership, Strategy
ASK ALMOST ANYONE HOW THEY’RE DOING THESE DAYS, AND YOU’LL HEAR THE SAME ANSWER: BUSY It has turned into the default state of modern work. Emails, meetings, customer demands, operational fires, and endless streams of information compete for our attention. In the...
by Rom LaPointe | Jan 9, 2026 | Boards, Leadership, Team
BOARDS OF ADVISORS AND DIRECTORS ARE IMPORTANT FOR THE SUCCESS OF ANY LEADER Throughout my career, I have experienced every level of board leadership—from informal advisory boards and investor-led groups to formal governing boards with full fiduciary responsibility....
by Rom LaPointe | Dec 11, 2025 | Coaching, Culture, Leadership
THE CEO PLAYS THE MOST CRUCIAL ROLE IN SETTING A HEALTHY TONE FOR THE ORGANIZATION The old adage, “It’s lonely at the top,” is true—perhaps now more than ever. And isolation isn’t exclusive to CEOs; it extends to workers across the board. In a...
by Rom LaPointe | Nov 5, 2025 | Coaching, Culture, Leadership
MOVING BEYOND RUGGED INDIVIDUALISM In my last couple of decades of experience, I have seen the benefits of these systems firsthand, both in my own ventures and by working with nearly 80 companies directly. I’ve specialized in helping mid-market businesses implement...
by Rom LaPointe | Aug 17, 2025 | Coaching, Culture, Leadership
EVERY LEADER IS ON A JOURNEY Think about the value of a high-performing team and how that team supports your leadership journey, especially as an organization grows and changes – and consider the impact that change has on an organization’s culture and the demands on...
by Rom LaPointe | Jul 17, 2025 | Coaching, Culture, Leadership
PROTECTING WHAT YOU BUILT There’s no doubt that the culture, writ large, both in the documented things like core values or key leadership principles and the unwritten rules of how we do things here — the rules of the game, so to speak — those are...
